Couple of points picked up reading these comments and not making any wild accusations or suggestions just need to know.
Early comments suggest that ADS-B coverage in the area is flaky... this is not borne out when viewing real time FR24 coverage or a replay of the movements at the supposed time of the accident. All returns are solid except for MS804 and one other, briefly mentioned earlier but since ignored, UAE194.
There is, according to FR24, a definite conflict with MSR804 heading 147deg and alt 36,975' and UAE194 heading101deg at 37,000' All things being equal TCAS should have been screaming in RA mode... could it be that the hard left turn and rapid descent by MSR804 was initiated in response to an RA warning? Or even in an 'Oh ****' response to a sudden visual appearance of a B777 filling his windscreen just 25 ft above... (assuming high accuracy of the reporting altimeters...)
Strangely the FR24 trace on UAE 194 disappears shortly after the conflict... all other FR24 tracks are solid throughout, no 'flakyness.'
Outlandish suggestion? Tinfoil Hat time? No more than many other suggestions being made here... All too often these days political expediency seems to take priority over reality.
Last edited by Phalconphixer; 19th May 2016 at 23:51.
Reason: Removal of reference to Uberlingen...